Foreword
Year: 3866
Place: Anee—a moon in a star system 1572 light-years from earth.
Author’s note: This series was originally published by Bantam Books as the novels Serpent Catch and Path of the Hero, but has been revised and expanded.
At the time that I undertook writing books, I was struggling to recover from chronic fatigue syndrome, and I was also working full-time. As a manager for a computer company, I had to put in long days—often more than a dozen hours per day.
As a result, I’ve long felt that this story needed more work. So, in publishing it, I’ve decided to give it a good, strong rewrite so that it better fit my original vision.
I’ll be including more notes at the end of each volume in the series.